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Rosetta Mission

Robotic Outer Solar System and Small-Body Missions

A European Space Agency mission that achieved the first orbital rendezvous with a comet, launched on 2 March 2004 to study comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta reached the comet in August 2014 and deployed the Philae lander for the first controlled soft landing on a comet nucleus, before the mission concluded with the orbiter's own controlled impact onto the comet's surface on 30 September 2016.

Facts
Mission Type
Robotic comet rendezvous and lander mission 1
Launch Date
2004-03-02 1
End Date
2016-09-30 1
Date of the orbiter's planned controlled impact onto comet 67P, ending the mission.
Outcome
Successful; achieved the first cometary orbit and the first soft landing on a comet nucleus before its own planned impact ended the mission in September 2016. 1
Target
Small Bodies 2
Outcome
Success 2
Crewed
No 2
Mission Type
Mission Type (category)
Lander / Rover 1
Mission Type (category)
Robotic / Uncrewed Mission 1
Connections

Operated By

European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Rosetta (spacecraft) (Wikipedia)Wikipedia: Rosetta (spacecraft), lead section

Spacecraft Of

Philae (spacecraft), Spacecraft
Source Philae (spacecraft) (Wikipedia)
Rosetta, Spacecraft
Source Rosetta (spacecraft) (Wikipedia)

Targets

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Celestial Objects
Source 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Mission Type (category): Lander / Rover
  • Mission Type (category): Robotic / Uncrewed Mission
  • Mission Type: Robotic comet rendezvous and lander mission
  • Launch Date: 2004-03-02
  • End Date: 2016-09-30
  • Outcome: Successful; achieved the first cometary orbit and the first soft landing on a comet nucleus before its own planned impact ended the mission in September 2016.
2. Rosetta (spacecraft) (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency
  • Lead paragraph, target
    Rosetta performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P)
  • Wikipedia: Rosetta (spacecraft), lead section
    Along with Philae, its lander module, Rosetta performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
  • Includes: Rosetta, Lead paragraph, part-of
    Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency that launched on 2 March 2004.
  • Spacecraft Of: Rosetta, Lead paragraph, mission-of
    Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency that launched on 2 March 2004.
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Philae (spacecraft) (Wikipedia)
  • Includes: Philae (spacecraft), Lead
    a robotic European Space Agency lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Of: Philae (spacecraft), Development, launch [mission-of]
    The Rosetta spacecraft and Philae lander were launched on an Ariane 5G+ rocket from French Guiana
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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Wikipedia)
Targets: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Article text
Quote, Targets: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Article text
Churyumov-Gerasimenko was the destination of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, launched on 2 March 2004.
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Rosetta Mission (Wikipedia)
In Group: Outer Solar System and Small-Body Missions of Other Agencies, Lead sentence
Quote, In Group: Outer Solar System and Small-Body Missions of Other Agencies, Lead sentence
Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency that launched on 2 March 2004.
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